Etymology

oilman

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Today it means: Somebody (especially a man) involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well. Full definition →

Middle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*élaiwon
  2. Ancient Greekἔλαιον (élaion)
  3. Latinoleum
  4. Latinolea
  5. Old Frenchoile
  6. Middle Englishoyle
  7. Englishoil
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  9. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  10. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  11. Old Englishmann
  12. Middle Englishman
  13. English todayoilman

From oil + -man.

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